While the demand for humanities courses is dwindling across colleges in Bengaluru, a look at the current admission trends show that the demand for fine arts and visual arts has exponentially increased in the last few years. This year too, queries and admissions for these courses have remained high in the city.
At Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP), which offers over five courses in visual arts including the newly-introduced Ceramics and Animation course, the administration has observed close to 30% increase in applications received so far this year. “We usually get over 250-300 applications every year. But owing to an increased demand in the field, this year, we expect over 400 applications,” said Babu Jattakar, Principal, Chitrakala Parishath College of Fine Arts.
While the College of Visual Arts increased the number of seats in 2019-20 from 150 to 250, new short-term, six-month courses in sculpture and printmaking have been introduced at CKP to cater to the demand. “This year’s turnout has been greater than the what we saw during the pre-pandemic years,” Mr. Babu added.
